Hi all, I am in the process of resotring an old Power Mac G4 tower. I got it up and running with some power supply fixes. It has 2 processors, 1.5gb of RAM and along the line sometime a previous owner put in a SSD. I also have the clear bezel 20 inch monitor and mouse to match. It currently boots into Mac OSX 10.1.2. I would to be able to upgrade that to something newer, idealy a version that has Voiceover. Can anyone tell me what the latest Mac OS version is that will run on this computer? Also any hints or tips as to where I can get the install CD/DVDs? Any thoughts are appreciated.
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Restoring an old PowerMac G4 tower
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Leopard 10.5.8 would be the farthest you can go. Most people will suggest Tiger (not me) and there is an optimized version of Leopard called Sorbet Leopard that you can just search this subforum for.
Might be good for all of us to know just what G4 you have. Most of the later ones were Quicksilvers and MDDs (Mirrored Drive Door).
Leopard 10.5.8 would be the farthest you can go. Most people will suggest Tiger (not me) and there is an optimized version of Leopard called Sorbet Leopard that you can just search this subforum for.
Might be good for all of us to know just what G4 you have. Most of the later ones were Quicksilvers and MDDs (Mirrored Drive Door).
Thank you so much. The model number on the sticker on the back says M8493 and the computer is a silver/gray color. Does any of that help identify it? Thanks
Frank
Frank
Yep, you have a nicely spec'd Quicksilver Powermac G4.
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